Roadmap
What OpenLint is working on, across the specification, the toolbox and the running of the project. Updated after each office hours.
As of 8 October 2026, from the office hours agenda. Anything unclaimed is waiting for someone to start a discussion and pick it up. See also the changelog.
Specification
The ruleset format, its normative text, and conformance.
- in progress Formal Specification · spec#2, discussion #13
- in progress Education · website#12, discussion #25
- discussion Backwards Compatibility · discussion #12
- discussion Document Types · discussion #5
- discussion Aliases · discussion #2
- discussion Rules Testing · discussion #7
- unclaimed Tool Conformance Suite (spec side)
- unclaimed Modular Rulesets
- unclaimed Rules Federation
- unclaimed Industry Rulesets
- unclaimed Custom Functions
- unclaimed Autofix
- unclaimed Ratings
- unclaimed CI/CD
- unclaimed Overlays
- unclaimed IDE Integration (spec side)
- unclaimed AI-Friendly Specification
Toolbox
The reference implementation, editor extension and CI/CD packages.
- in progress Core Libraries · openlint/openlint
- in progress Remove Telemetry · openlint#1
- in progress Supply Chain Health · openlint#3
- in progress Docker Implementation · openlint#4
- discussion VS Code Extension · discussion #9
- discussion Clean Up Vendorisms and Default Ruleset · discussion #6
- discussion Rules Builder · discussion #11
- unclaimed Modular Tooling
- unclaimed Format Auto-Detection
- unclaimed Replace JSON Ref Bundler
- unclaimed CI/CD Pipeline Package
- unclaimed Ecosystem Support
- unclaimed Tool Conformance Suite
- unclaimed Ruleset Documentation Generation
- unclaimed MCP Server and API
- unclaimed Reporting
- unclaimed Coverage: rule logic
- unclaimed Coverage: documents
Administration
Governance, maintainers, home, funding and the website.
- in progress Governance · community#17, discussion #16
- in progress Maintainers · community#21, discussion #19
- in progress Home · community#23, discussion #22
- in progress Funding · Open Collective
- in progress Website · discussion #24
- done Code of Conduct · Code of Conduct
- unclaimed Contributing Guide
- unclaimed Licensing
- unclaimed Trademark
- unclaimed Use of AI
- unclaimed Process